September 12 Eleni and I haven’t been on an adventure together for as long as I can remember—possibly not since she was still wee and living with me. So a few months ago we planned a long-overdue getaway together: just us and infant Ruby. I was afraid I’d have to cancel because of my ongoing mouth crisis, but this morning I loaded my cooler with a million dollars’ worth of food and set off for […]
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Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
One of my doctors terms my chronic bad dreams “night terrors.” I’ve told you all about them. Now let me describe my day terrors. The periodontist called to get an update from me early this morning. When I told her I still can’t feel much of the left side my face, she decided to remove the second of the three implants, in case it is the culprit. She asked me to come in shortly and […]
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Monday, September 6 Sleep is supposed to be a time of restoration and escape. But for the last eight months, it’s been nothing but horrific nightmares for me. My stuffed Moomintroll is of no use. Here’s last night’s fare: Hmmm, actually, it’s all too terrifying to immortalize here. Well, how about just the 1:00 a.m. episode? I’d been entrusted with the care of several unruly children ranging in age from two to twelve, plus a […]
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The heavy old slate blackboard that hung in the family kitchen all my life was once scribbled with Ma’s grocery lists, appointments and other reminders. As of a few months ago it lives in my own kitchen, where I sometimes use it as yet another forum for my sentiments at a given moment. Today, these words came to mind. It’s grief and misery, pain and woes,And debts and taxes, and so it goes…Life gets teejus, […]
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